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| | Legal Aid Society: Manhattan Housing Court Project | | New York, NY | | For Help, you must be: |  at or below 125.0% of poverty level; | | You must be on public assistance with minor children on your budget and living in your household. | | families on public assistance with minor children | | | | See full listing for exceptions to income requirements. | |  | |
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| | CAMBA Legal Services - Housing Unit | | Brooklyn, NY | | For Help, you must be: | | at or below 300.0% of poverty level; | | Please call for eligibility screen. | | Your household must be eligible for public assistance and a minor child must live in the household. | | | |
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| | Neighborhood Association for Intercultural Affairs (NAICA) | | Bronx, NY | | For Help, you must be: | | We service the low income population. We service families (with children) that are receiving public assistance.We also service people that are facing eviction, that are working and can prove that they have a good reason of why they have fallen behind in their rent and can also demonstrate they they have future ability to pay their future rent. | | | |
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| | New York Legal Assistance Group (NYLAG) | | New York, NY | | For Help, you must be: | | at or below 200.0% of poverty level; | Children must be present to be financially eligible at 200 of FPIG.
If no children are present in the home, then household income must be at or below 50% of local median income AND must have a physical lease. | | Must be a resident of Queens. | | | |
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| Queens Legal Services  | | Jamaica, NY | | For Help, you must be: | | at or below 125.0% of poverty level; | | You must be a U.S. citizen or legal immigrant. | | | | See full listing for exceptions to income requirements. | | | |
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| | Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts | | New York, NY | | For Help, you must be: | | Not for profit organizations or artists earning less than $30,000 or artist couples earning less than $50,000 annually may qualify for reduced fees or fee waivers. | | This is for commercial spaces only, not private residences. | | | | See full listing for exceptions to income requirements. | | | |
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| | Volunteers of Legal Service (VOLS) Elderly Project | | New York, NY | | This group does not provide legal representation in court. | | For Help, you must be: | | You must be living on a fixed income and have less than $20,000 in assets. | | a senior (60 years or older) | | a resident of Manhattan | | This group provides only brief advice in this area of law. | | | |
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| | Bronx AIDS Services, Inc. - Legal Advocacy Services | | Bronx, NY | | For Help, you must be: | | at or below 200.0% of poverty level; | | OR HIV positive. | | HIV positive | | To receive help with a housing issue, you must be either HIV positive OR have less than 200% of the FPIG. | | | |
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| | Gay Men's Health Crisis - Legal Department | | New York, NY | | For Help, you must be: | | AIDS person, individuals seeking legal services must first register with the Palm Center (for intake hours, call 212 367 1500). | | HIV positive | | | |
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| | HIV Law Project, Inc. | | New York, NY | | For Help, you must be: | | at or below 125.0% of poverty level; | | While most of our clients live at or below 125% of the poverty level, we do not have strict income caps and will consider (on a case-by-case basis) handling legal matters for those living above 125% of the poverty level. | | HIV positive | | or related to an HIV positive individual | | | |
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| | Brooklyn Legal Services, Corporation A - Comprehensive Rights Unit | | Brooklyn, NY | | For Help, you must be: | | at or below 125.0% of poverty level; | | Currently the maximum income is as follows: 1 person household - 12,250, 2 person household - $16,500, 3 person household - $20,750, 4 person household - $25,000, 8 person household - $42,000 | | | | See full listing for exceptions to income requirements. | | | |
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| | New York Center for Law and Justice, Inc. | | New York, NY | | For Help, you must be: | | at or below 125.0% of poverty level; | | Must be within 125% of the federal poverty guidelines to acquire services. When calculating your household income, we will exclude cost of a household's principle residence, vehicles used for transportation to work, and assets used in producing income. | | Must be deaf or hard of hearing | | | |
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| | Brooklyn Housing and Family Services | | Brooklyn, NY | | This group does not provide legal representation in court. | | For Help, you must be: | | Services provided mainly to low and moderate income individuals and families. | | | |
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| | Catholic Charities Community Services - Homelessness Prevention Program | | New York, NY | | This group does not provide legal representation in court. | | For Help, you must be: | | at or below 200.0% of poverty level; | | Clients will be expected to demonstrate future ability to pay (income and current month of rent paid), document reason for why rent accrued, have housing court notices or rent demand from the landlord, apply to HRA for one-shot-deal, and use all available personal resources as well as apply to other agencies to account for the remaining arrears. | | | |
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